Difference between Schematic and Layout. A Schematic is a “Circuit Diagram” or a drawing of how it will work. A “Layout”…
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What is Shielding in Analog Layout? Shielding is required to protect the critical net from the outer environment. Shielding is…
What do you mean by reset? The parameter used to initialize the circuit is reset. Resetting hardware forces it into…
Clock Jitter Clock jitter is the deviation of a clock edge from its ideal position in time. Clock jitter is…
What do you mean by clock skew? Clock Skew is the time difference between the arrival of the same edge…
What is the purpose of timing analysis? The primary objective of static timing analysis (STA) is to ensure that despite…
How will you measure Slack for setup and hold time? Slack setup and hold time are measured following way: Setup…
Strings in Tcl A string is a sequence of characters. Unlike other languages, Tcl does not usually require double quotes…
Metastability The designed circuit can get into states where the signals can settle to an intermediate value between logic 0…
Double Patterning To get better resolution and get higher density, double patterning is used. For the following nodes, only the…